Gregory has never been anything but blunt when addressing race relations, going as far as to title his infamous autobiography, “N****r,” and he wasn’t bashful 40 years ago. Vote for me, I’m the black guy, his buttons said.

Our tax dollars have been subsidizing a university that embraces a retired domestic terrorist and gives him academic legitimacy. Where was the outrage before Obama entered the presidential race, and why is there hardly any outrage directed at the university now (compared to the focus on whether Obama is just Facebook friends with Ayers or really is his BFF)?

I know the answer to that last question. It’s because the powers that be in academia are absolutely delusional and have a double standard about tolerating right wing vs left wing extremist ideology. Check out the new documentary, “Indocrinate U.”

Oh, off the soap box and back to the button. It’s a gem, isn’t it?

**In case you are wondering why I would mock FOX News for deleting letters in Jesse Jackson’s profanity, but won’t just write out the name of Dick Gregory’s autobiography, it is because I don’t want to turn up in the search engines for that word along with every racist kook on the Internet.

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